Ryan JohnstonOct 16, 20215 minCamunda Platform Performance at ScaleCollaborators: Daniel Hallmark, Aaron Jackson & Ryan Johnston We recently published a blog entry outlining the results of a set of...
Ryan JohnstonJul 19, 20216 minFlowable Performance Analysis: Global Acquire LockCollaborators: Daniel Hallmark, Aaron Jackson & Ryan Johnston Those of you who have read our previous blog entries might have gathered :)...
Ryan JohnstonJun 2, 20214 minComparing Flokzu Cloud BPM & Camunda CloudIn separate, recent blog entries, we've put the spotlight on Flokzu Cloud BPM (link) and then on Camunda Cloud (link). Both are...
Ryan JohnstonMay 19, 20216 minCamunda Cloud: A New Niche? Camunda's recent (official) introduction of Camunda Cloud is a fascinating development in the workflow space. Why? Camunda Cloud is very...
Ryan JohnstonMay 14, 20213 minFlokzu: Lightweight, Cloud-Based WorkflowI really enjoy speaking with our customers and prospects and hearing their various perspectives on the state of the workflow market here...
Ryan JohnstonJan 10, 20214 minNew Year's Resolution: Upgrade Your Activiti Instances to FlowableIt's been almost 11 years (!!) since the Activiti open-source workflow product was created and since it carved out its own brand-new...
Ryan JohnstonNov 16, 20205 minConcurrent Execution in Process Instances with FlowableHere's a very common question that we get from Activiti, Camunda and Flowable users: "Can we run multiple activities concurrently within...
Ryan JohnstonNov 10, 20205 minCustom Classes & Plugins Using Camunda BPM RunCamunda BPM Run ("Camunda Run") is an alternate, lighter-weight distribution of Camunda BPM based on Spring Boot. While Camunda's smart...
Ryan JohnstonNov 10, 20204 minJSON Handling in Camunda BPM & FlowableMost companies that use a workflow product to automate their business processes have a need to process data in JSON - JavaScript Object...
Ryan JohnstonApr 20, 20204 minCamunda BPM as a JavaScript EngineJavaScript is becoming more and more popular, as it has the envious combination of a broad developer base - both front-end and back-end...
Ryan JohnstonApr 17, 20203 minCamunda BPM and CockroachDBSeveral years ago, it seemed as though the relational database was on its way out. That didn't happen, in large part because many in the...
Ryan JohnstonApr 15, 20202 minJavaScript is Deprecated in Camunda BPMWhen you execute JavaScript code in a Camunda BPM process model, decision table or case model, that code is executed via an engine called...
Ryan JohnstonNov 23, 20193 minBusiness Rules and the 1%I studied expert systems - now called business rules systems - in college, and it was love at first sight. The idea of being able to run...
Ryan JohnstonNov 21, 20193 minMicroservices, Microprocesses and the Top of the World ProblemWe talk a lot about microservices in IT, but we talk comparatively less about the reason microservices are valuable... It isn't that the...
Ryan JohnstonOct 29, 20197 minZeebe, Conductor and Camunda BPM: A Technical ComparisonIn our last blog entry, "An Overwhelming Set of Workflow Options"*, we took a look at three categories of workflow solutions - BPM...
Ryan JohnstonOct 23, 20197 minAn Overwhelming Set of Workflow OptionsHaving a myriad of options can be a wonderful thing, but it can also be overwhelming... Such is the case in the workflow market today. If...
Ryan JohnstonOct 23, 20193 minOn Appian & Market AdjustmentsSeismic shifts are impacting the workflow market, causing old names like "iBPMS" (courtesy of Gartner) and "BPM Suite" to essentially...
Ryan JohnstonSep 24, 20192 minSoftware Simplicity, Flexibility and FreedomSoftware is complicated. It's complicated to license, setup and use, and it's especially complex if you want to use it in a specific...